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Herald and Monitor receive mailings labeled anthrax

Packages appeared to be part of hoax

A police officer updated Boston Herald employees after they evacuated the building yesterday. A police officer updated Boston Herald employees after they evacuated the building yesterday. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
By Brian R. Ballou and Martin Finucane
Globe Staff / October 31, 2008

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Two major newspaper outlets in Boston received suspicious packages in the mail yesterday that law enforcement officials said appeared to be part of a widespread hoax carried out by a California man who is in federal custody. (Full article: 612 words)

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